Are all urban public transports (bus, metro, tram) accessible to all persons with disabilities?
Any exceptions qualify for ‘Yes – with Qualifications’. Accessibility must, however, include both blind persons and those…

Does the law provide for the possibility of partial guardianship?
Guardianship should protect and assist persons with disabilities. Guardianship should never remove freedom of choice unnecessarily. The signal paradigm shift embodied…

Does a child with disabilities have the right to receive free and compulsory primary education within the mainstream educational system?
Persons with disabilities must not be excluded from mainstream education -…

Do university students with disabilities have access to alternative testing methods?
This question refers only to university students. In the US, for example, some universities offer courses that require students to…

Are official statistics published covering the number of persons with disabilities who graduate from university?
Please describe, if possible, how identification of such students has been made as, for example, many…

Did the percentage of persons with disabilities employed increase in calendar year 2011?
The question refers only to employment in companies that are required by law to employ persons with disabilities.…

Are official statistics published annually covering, at the minimum, the number, age group, sex, and care provided to all those persons with disabilities living in institutions?
This question refers only to…

Are official statistics about the education and employment of persons with disabilities published at least every 10 years?
This question refers only to whether such statistics are published or not. And…

Is there an umbrella organization representing, at minimum, 50% of all those associations for persons with disabilities, that receives directly basic public funding?
Relates to Convention Article:
No.32, International Cooperation
Article 32 prescribes…

If the state has signed, or ratified, the Convention, has it designated ‘focal points’ within government to address matters relating to the Convention's implementation?
For those states that have ratified the…

Accessibility Indicators

Have public authorities in your country obligations/rules to include functional accessibility requirements in ICT and built environment public procurement procedures?
This question ask about whether, in public procurement procedures (processes for…

In public services related to social security benefits, are the communication and delivery of the service accessible to all persons with disabilities?
The accessibility of public services’ communication and delivery…

In your country, are accessible broadcasting services (TV and radio programs) readily available to all persons with disabilities?
“Accessible broadcast services” are optional subtitles (closed captioning), signer in the screen (sign…

Are your country main emergency phone lines (police, firemen, ambulance) accessible to all persons with disabilities?
The question takes in consideration the provision of relay services - human operated services…

Do ICT university students receive mandatory training modules about inclusive design solutions?
"Inclusive design solutions”" means the design of products, environments, programmes and services to be usable by all people,…

Do architects and engineers receive mandatory training modules about inclusive design solutions?
"Inclusive design solutions”" means the design of products, environments, programmes and services to be usable by all people,…

In your country, is the information about banking services (i.e. bank accounts, loans, mortgages) accessible to all persons with disabilities?
The information about banking services may be provided through printed documents,…

In your country, are accessible ATMs (cash dispensing machines) readily available to all persons with disabilities? “Accessibility of ATMs”: ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) with audio-based functions, at a convenient height…

In your country, are accessible mobile phones handsets readily available to all persons with disabilities? Mobile handsets can be made accessible to persons with different disabilities by integrating a variety…